Abraham sheffield and calvin voobhis



(No Model.)

A. SHENFIBLD & G. VOORHIS.

SUSPENDBR BUCKLE.

No. 332,448. Patented Dec. 15, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ABRAHAM SHENFIELD AND oALvIN VOORHIS, on NEWYORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,448,6lated December15, 1885.

Application filed October 6, 1885. Serial No. 179,127.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM SHENFIELD and CALVIN VooRHIs, of the cityand State of New York, have invented an Improvement inSuspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

Buckles for suspenders have been made with abody, at the back of which alever is pivoted to clamp the suspender-strap, and usually there areteeth at the edge of the lever that come into contact with thesuspender. In these buckles there are usually edges and corners upon thesheet metal at the back part of the body, and these are liable to wearthe shirt or other parts of the clothing with which they come intocontact.

Our invention is made for rendering the back of the suspender-bucklesmooth and free from any projecting sheet-metal edges, and forstrengthening such buckle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section of the buckle complete. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the body of the buckle. Fig. 3 is a similar viewof the bent clamping-lever, as seen from the inside. Fig. 4 is arepresentation of the plate as cut out to form the body of the buckle.Fig. 5 represents the plate as cut out to form the bent clamping-lever,and Figs. 6, 7, andSare perspective views of modifications of parts ofthe buckle.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 the parts are shown in enlarged size.

The body A is made of sheet metal, cut out similar to the blank shown inFig. 4. This is folded or bent at the lines a a b b, so as to assume apartial box form, and the strap portions 0 0 project sufficiently to bebent around to form eyes for the pivots of the clampinglever B. Theseeyes, being in one piece with the body A, and the sheet metal being bentor rolled over, form very strong pivot-bearin gs, that are not liable togive way by the strain to which they are subjected. It is preferable tobend the strap portions 0 inwardly, as seen in Fig. 2; but these strapportions may be bent the other way, as seen in Fig. 6, if preferred. Inany case the pivot-eyes are preferably bent so that the metal of thebody comes at the ends of the pivot-wire, to hold the same in place anddispense with riveting the ends of the pivot-wire. The clamping-lever Bis usually (No model.)

made with teeth at the end of the rightangle lip 0, but it may have aplain edge and be otherwise formed in any desired manner; but we preferthe form and construction next described. The leverB'is of a width topass in between the eye 0, and between the returned flanges it of thebody A, and in order to strengthen the lever B we employ end braces, 0,that extend across the angles at the bend or fold in the lever. Thesheet metal should be cut out in the form shown in Fig. 5, and then bentor folded at right angle, and the braces 0 turned over upon aform or dieby pressure, so as to condense the metal, and holes are made through thebraces 0 for the passage of the pivot-wire s. The sheet metal at theangle in the clamping-lever is pressed inwardly to form one or moreloops, r, through which the pivot wire passes. These firmly secure thepivot-wire and stiffen the lever. These loops are to be at any desiredplace or places along in the angle. When near the ends of the bent leverand adjacent to the braces 0, the holes in the braces may be punchedbefore bending such braces up to place.

The hook or eye at p, for the suspender-end or any othersuitable device,is provided upon the body A for the connection of the suspender-end.

The clamping-lever, instead of passing in between the returned flangesi, may have side pieces q, as seen in Fig. 7, to swing down outside theside portions of the body. In this case the pivot-pin, instead of beinginclosed at its ends within the body A,will pass through the metal atthe ends of the eyes 0, and through the end pieces q, and be riveted.

We claim as our invention- 1. The buckle-body A, having returned endflanges and the metal strap-pieces bent up into circular eyes, incombination with the clamping-lever and the pivots thereof, which pivotsenter into the eyes, substantially as set forth.

2. The buckle body having pivot eyes formed of the bent-up straps, andthe returned end flanges, in combination with the clampinglever and apivot wire for connecting the clamping-lever to the eyes in the body,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the buckle-body and the pivot-wire, of a bentclamping-lever having braces at the ends of the bent. portion, withholes through which the pivot Wire passes, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the buckle-body braces at the ends of the bentportions, and loops bent in the sheet metal for the passage of thepivot-Wire, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 5th day of October, A. D. I 5

and the pivot-Wire, of a bent clamping-lever 1885.

having loops in the bend through which the pivot-wire passes,substantially as set forth. IELD' 5. The combination, inasuspender-buckle, I

of the body A, having returned end flanges, WVitnesses:

and pivot-eyes formed of the strap-pieces bent WALLACE L. SERRELL,

up, and a bent clampinglever with perforated WILLIAM G. MOTT.

